Combination baby-carriage and cradle.



J. LEVOY & A. FRIED.

COMBINATION BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

1,101,458. Patented June 23, 1914.

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@OMBINATION BABY CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1912.

Patented June 23, 1914.

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JOE LEVOYAND ARMIN FRIED, or nos ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION BABY-CARRIAGE AND CRADLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed September 23, 1912. Serial No. 721,812.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J OE LEVOY and ARMINFRIED, citizens of Austria-Hungary, residing at Los Angeles, in thecounty" of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in a Combination Baby-Carriage and Cradle, of whichthe following is a specification.v

This invention relates to baby carriages, and particularly to babycarriages adapted to be converted into other articles of furniture, andthe principal object is to convert a baby carriage into a cradle.

It is also an object to lift the carriage off of the wheels and providerockers that may also be used to convert the body of the carriage to arocking chair as well as looking the body, converting the whole into astationary chair.

In the drawings accompanying this specification: Figure l is a sideelevation of the carriage showing it mounted upon the wheels for use asa carriage, the rocking position of the rockers being shown in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the carriage as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the device in position to be used as a cradle. Fig. 4 is across section on the line 44 through the turn table looking in thedirection of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the lockingbolt to hold the rockers in operative or inoperative position.

More specifically in the drawings like numerals indicate the same partsin the different views, 6 designating the body of the carriage rigidlysecured to the turn table 7 and provided with the handle bars 8. Theturn table is pivotally mounted upon the frame 9 to which are securedthe springs 10, these in turn being secured to the wheel frame 11carrying the short axles 12 on which are mounted the wheels 13, a paironv each wheel frame.

The connections between the spring 10 nd the wheel frame 11 are rigid,one of the securing bolts 15 on the rear end being carried rearwardlyand outwardly through the curved rocker 16 and provided with the headedextension 17 against which bears one end of the spring 18. The rocker 16is v hinged on this pin and is held in positive relation to the springsand the body frame by the locking mechanism which consists of the block19 supported by the sleeve 20 on the bolt 15.

The locking block 19 is provided with the two studs 21 which registerwith and proect-through the central bores 22 carried through the springs10 and the rocker 16. I

These bores are so arranged that they register when the rocker is invertical position in the sameplane with the plane of the springs andabove the wheels, and by the drawing of these bolts, the rocker may beswung down and engaged when it is in the same vertical plane and belowthe tread of the wheels, and openings 22 being the same distance fromthe pivot point. With the body 6 in the normal position as in Fig. 1,this converts the structure into a rocking chair, or if it is desired toprevent this rocking movement, the sliding stop 23 mounted on the handlebars 8 may be dropped to its lowered position as shown in the dottedlines in Fig. 1. By taking up the nut 24 in the socket 25, mounted onthe rods 23, the movement of the converted chair in positivelyprevented.

To convert the structure into a cradle, the body 6 is swung to aposition transversely to the frame 9, after the stop 23 is lifted to itsnormal position and looked as shown in Fig, 1. To accomplish thetransverse movement the turn table is released by withdrawing the springactuated bolt 26 from its locking position. The turn ta'ble consists ofa metallic plate 7 secured to the bottom of the frame body 6 providedwith the flanged ring 27 which embraces the fifth wheel or pivot plate28. This plate is securely fastened to the frame 9 by the bolts 29,these bolts being so placed in connection with the spacing sleeves 30that the pivot plate 28 is rigidly secured to allow movemen of the turntable 7 thereon. The looking bolt 26 is shown as a rod of sufiicientlength to extend from its bearings in the turn table to the rearward endof the body where it is provided with a handle 31. A suitable springbearing on the stud 33 on the bolt, normally throws it in engagementwith the bolt sockets 34 out in the pivot plate 28 which are placed atangles of 90 on the plate. It will thus be seen by withdrawing the rod26 from th bolt Sockets 3 the body may be turned to an angle of 90 oneither side, when the bolt will automatically engage with the opening inthe plate 28, and the device is in position to use as a cradle.

What we claim is:

1. A combined baby carriage and cradle, comprising a body memberpivotally mountcombined baby carriage and rocker, cdm nsmg wbody'member, a wheel base member, wheels revolubly mounted thereon, plvota-lconnections lnterposed between saidmembers, a plvoted cradle rockerconnected ateach of 1ts ends to said heel base mem- Y bei'fandilockingmeans tolock said rocker inoperative position below said Wheels.

A combined carriage and cradle, comprising a body member, *aturn tablese- Copies of cured to said body, a pivot late embraced by said turntable, locklng means secured to -table; d vvlieel lia se secured to saidpivot plate, and a sliding stop to engagmhsgrbmd secured to said bodyportion whereby movement of the vehicle is Inwvitness that We claim theforegoing We have hereunto subscribed our names this lth day of Sept,1912. w r 5 L EYOY.

FRIED. Witnesses:

' :IKEENE,

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